English

Noun

bane ‎(plural banes)

1. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse

   the bane of my existence

   • Herbert

     Money, thou bane of bliss, and source of woe.

2. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants
3. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
4. (obsolete) destruction; death
   • Milton

     The cup of deception spiced and tempered to their bane.

5. A disease of sheep; the rot.

Antonyms

• (affliction or curse): boon

Derived terms

• Austrian leopard's bane (Doronicum austriacum)
• common dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
• dog bane (Plectranthus ornatus)
• leopard's bane (Doronicum orientale)
• baneberry (Actaea spp.)
• baneful
• boon and bane
• wolfsbane (Aconitum spp.)

Translations

Verb

bane ‎(third-person singular simple present banes, present participle baning, simple past and past participle baned)

1. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
2. (transitive) To be the bane of.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English ban ‎(northern dialect), from Old English bān.

Noun

bane ‎(plural banes)

1. (chiefly Scotland) bone

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• bean
• Bena

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bane

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of banen

Japanese

Romanization

bane

1. rōmaji reading of ばね

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bānos ‎(“white”).

Adjective

bane ‎(plural baney, comparative baney)

1. white, blank, pallid

   Er cabbyl bane va mee.‎ ― My mount was a white horse.

   Haink daah bane yn aggle er.‎ ― He blanched with fear.

2. fair, blonde

   Shen Illiam Bane.‎ ― That's fair-haired William.

3. fallow

   Faag y magher bane.‎ ― Leave the field lea.

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “bane” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn

Noun

bane m ‎(definite singular banen, indefinite plural baner, definite plural banene)

1. a trajectory
2. a railway line
3. a sports field
4. a racing track
5. orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)

Synonyms

• (orbit): omløpsbane

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bani

Noun

bane m ‎(definite singular banen, indefinite plural baner, definite plural banene)

1. death (by murder)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bane, compare with German Bahn

Noun

bane m, f ‎(definite singular banen or bana, indefinite plural banar or baner, definite plural banane or banene)

1. a trajectory
2. a railway line
3. a sports field
4. a racing track
5. orbit (of a satellite, including the moon)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bani

Noun

bane m ‎(definite singular banen, indefinite plural banar, definite plural banane)

1. death (by murder)

Scots

Etymology

From Old English bān, from Proto-Germanic *bainą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ben]
• (Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [bin], [bein]

Noun

bane ‎(plural banes)

1. (anatomy) bone, limb

Derived terms

Yola

Noun

bane

1. bone

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)